ILTS290 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
which of the following strategies would best support the communication needs of a 3rd
grade student who uses a speech-generating communication device when engaging in
group work?
a. showing students in the class how the device works so they can help their peer
b. ensuring the device has appropriate words and phrases for social interactions as well
as academic work
c. asking the speech language pathologist to come into the classroom to provide the
student's services
d. having a paraprofessional sit with the student's group to make sure the student is
included in the conversation - Answer- b. ensuring the device has appropriate words
and phrases for social interactions as well as academic work
a special education teacher develops an individualized work completion plan to support
a 4th grade student with ADHD. this strategy best supports the student in which of the
following ways?
a. increasing self-esteem and confidence
b. improving internal motivation
c. developing executive functioning skills
d. encouraging positive behavior - Answer- c. developing executive functioning skills
4th grade students are learning about identifying character development and plot in
literary works. a student in the class has an intellectual disability and currently reads
below grade level. the teacher selects texts for this student that are at the student's
independent reading level for classroom learning activities related to this topic. this
approach most clearly demonstrates a modification that:
a. encourages the student to sustain effort longer by ensuring that texts are engaging
and interesting to the student
b. reduces the complexity of the task involved so that the student will demonstrate
greater progress
c. aligns the learning outcome to the student's reading level while providing similar texts
to those used by other students
d. provides adapted materials so that the student can make progress toward grade-level
learning standards - Answer- d. provides adapted materials so that the student can
make progress toward grade-level learning standards
, which of the following types of data would best support the case for a student with a
specific learning disability needing an accommodation to support reading instruction
added to an IEP?
a. results from a benchmark assessment
b. historical reading assessment data
c. anecdotal notes taken during instruction
d. reports showing a decline in oral reading fluency - Answer- b. historical reading
assessment data
which of the following approaches demonstrates the most effective collaboration
between school staff and service providers in implementing behavior management
strategies with students?
a. asking service providers to provide behavior observations and data at the end of
terms, which can be added to progress reports
b. conferring with service providers about developing their own behavior expectations
for working with students
c. ensuring service providers are aware of and trained on behavior plans needed to
support individual students
d. observing service providers during their intervention times to provide advice on
disruptive behaviors that occur - Answer- c. ensuring service providers are aware of and
trained on behavior plans needed to support individual students
which of the following factors would best support the success of a school wide Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Supports approach?
a. the variety of tangible rewards available to students who earn them through
complying with behavior rules
b. whether the behavior guidelines were developed locally at the school district level or
the school is implementing a commercial project
c. the percentage of students identified as needing more intensive small group or
individualized behavioral interventions
d. how individual teachers use the principles of positive behavior support and put them
into action in their own classrooms - Answer- d. how individual teachers use the
principles of positive behavior support and put them into action in their own classrooms
for which of the following reasons would a special education teacher recommend
implementing a student's function-based intervention consistently and with fidelity until
the behavioral goal is achieved?
a. behaviors may intensify before decreasing or changing
b. negative reinforcements take time to become effective
c. intervention plans are designed to take place across long time blocks
d. teachers need opportunities to determine which strategies are most effective -
Answer- a. behaviors may intensify before decreasing or changing
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
which of the following strategies would best support the communication needs of a 3rd
grade student who uses a speech-generating communication device when engaging in
group work?
a. showing students in the class how the device works so they can help their peer
b. ensuring the device has appropriate words and phrases for social interactions as well
as academic work
c. asking the speech language pathologist to come into the classroom to provide the
student's services
d. having a paraprofessional sit with the student's group to make sure the student is
included in the conversation - Answer- b. ensuring the device has appropriate words
and phrases for social interactions as well as academic work
a special education teacher develops an individualized work completion plan to support
a 4th grade student with ADHD. this strategy best supports the student in which of the
following ways?
a. increasing self-esteem and confidence
b. improving internal motivation
c. developing executive functioning skills
d. encouraging positive behavior - Answer- c. developing executive functioning skills
4th grade students are learning about identifying character development and plot in
literary works. a student in the class has an intellectual disability and currently reads
below grade level. the teacher selects texts for this student that are at the student's
independent reading level for classroom learning activities related to this topic. this
approach most clearly demonstrates a modification that:
a. encourages the student to sustain effort longer by ensuring that texts are engaging
and interesting to the student
b. reduces the complexity of the task involved so that the student will demonstrate
greater progress
c. aligns the learning outcome to the student's reading level while providing similar texts
to those used by other students
d. provides adapted materials so that the student can make progress toward grade-level
learning standards - Answer- d. provides adapted materials so that the student can
make progress toward grade-level learning standards
, which of the following types of data would best support the case for a student with a
specific learning disability needing an accommodation to support reading instruction
added to an IEP?
a. results from a benchmark assessment
b. historical reading assessment data
c. anecdotal notes taken during instruction
d. reports showing a decline in oral reading fluency - Answer- b. historical reading
assessment data
which of the following approaches demonstrates the most effective collaboration
between school staff and service providers in implementing behavior management
strategies with students?
a. asking service providers to provide behavior observations and data at the end of
terms, which can be added to progress reports
b. conferring with service providers about developing their own behavior expectations
for working with students
c. ensuring service providers are aware of and trained on behavior plans needed to
support individual students
d. observing service providers during their intervention times to provide advice on
disruptive behaviors that occur - Answer- c. ensuring service providers are aware of and
trained on behavior plans needed to support individual students
which of the following factors would best support the success of a school wide Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Supports approach?
a. the variety of tangible rewards available to students who earn them through
complying with behavior rules
b. whether the behavior guidelines were developed locally at the school district level or
the school is implementing a commercial project
c. the percentage of students identified as needing more intensive small group or
individualized behavioral interventions
d. how individual teachers use the principles of positive behavior support and put them
into action in their own classrooms - Answer- d. how individual teachers use the
principles of positive behavior support and put them into action in their own classrooms
for which of the following reasons would a special education teacher recommend
implementing a student's function-based intervention consistently and with fidelity until
the behavioral goal is achieved?
a. behaviors may intensify before decreasing or changing
b. negative reinforcements take time to become effective
c. intervention plans are designed to take place across long time blocks
d. teachers need opportunities to determine which strategies are most effective -
Answer- a. behaviors may intensify before decreasing or changing
